paintings were hung, is 100 feet long. Next to it is the enamels room. Adjacent to the west gallery was Frick's office, which faced the courtyard. The British decorator Charles Allom of White, Allom & Co. was selected to furnish the rooms on the ground floor. The manufacturer A. H. Davenport and Company provided furniture and interior woodwork, fabrics, wall coverings and decorative paintings. With the exception of the Fragonard room, the house remained essentially unchanged from the time of its construction until 1931, the year Adelaide Frick died. The second floor were the private apartments of the family, such as the bedrooms, the women's boudoir, sitting rooms, the breakfast room and guest rooms. Charles Allom also furnished some rooms on the second floor, including the breakfast room and Frick's personal sitting room. The remaining rooms on the second were decorated by Elsie de Wolfe, who was also commissioned to furnish the ladies' reception room on the first floor, which is now the Boucher room of the museum. The rooms of the third floor were the servants quarters, which were occupied by around 27 servants. These were also decorated by Elsie de Wolfe. The second and third floors are now used by the museum staff and are not normally accessible to the general public. The large basement was where the kitchen and service areas were located. A wing contained the billiard room and bowling alley. These spaces were decorated in the Jacobean style with ornate strapwork ceilings. During the 1920s and early 1930s, the Frick Art Reference Library was housed here until they moved to a new structure next door at 10 East 71st Street. In popular culture According to Stan Lee, who co-created the superhero team Avengers, the house was the model for the Avengers Mansion. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in New York City List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 59th to 110th Streets National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 59th to 110th Streets References Further reading External links Houses in Manhattan Fifth Avenue Historic house museums in New York City Houses completed in 1914 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan National Historic Landmarks in Manhattan New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan Upper East Side Carrère and Hastings buildings Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City Gilded Age mansions 1914 establishments in New York City